youtube-audio-download

What This Skill Does

The youtube-audio-download skill provides a reliable and streamlined way to extract high-quality audio from YouTube videos and convert it directly into MP3 format. Designed for the OpenClaw agent, this skill acts as a bridge between online video content and local processing pipelines. By leveraging powerful backend tools, it simplifies the extraction process, including support for age-restricted content when provided with valid cookies. It is optimized for cross-platform execution, allowing seamless interaction between Windows-based file systems and WSL-based automation scripts.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/banner90/youtube-audio-download Ensure you have Python installed and the necessary dependencies configured to support wsl execution, as the skill relies on the scripts/download_audio.py utility to perform the underlying conversion tasks.

Use Cases

• Transcription Pipelines: Automatically download lectures or podcasts to feed into speech-to-text models.
• Content Localization: Download audio content to process through the Doubao translation workflow for foreign language media.
• Archive Management: Create a local library of audio files for offline listening or research purposes.

Example Prompts

1. "Download the audio for this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ and save it to my work folder."
2. "Extract the audio from the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=example. Use my cookies file for access and output it to /mnt/h/audio_library."
3. "Grab the audio from this age-restricted link using the provided cookies.txt and confirm when it is ready for playback."

Tips & Limitations

• Windows GUI Requirement: Because the skill involves automation that may interact with visual elements or local environment paths, ensure your Windows desktop session is active and not disconnected via RDP to avoid errors.
• File Paths: The skill expects files to be handled via the Windows mount point. When specifying output directories in WSL, use the /mnt/h/ format to ensure the file is correctly persisted in the works/ directory.
• Error Handling: Always monitor the returned JSON success flag. If a download fails, the system will return an error code and message, which are useful for debugging network issues or expired cookie sessions.